Each has to decide for themselves of course but just as we get told you have to be Scottish to wear a kilt in the first place and (then only in Scotland!) so is the notion that a Clan connection is required before a particular tartan can be justified equally without a just foundation.

Of course those of us who do have a Clan connection may well have a kilt or two in the tartans of that Clan but some Clan tartans may not appeal at all. I have a kilt that was sold as a MacMillan but then found out it isn't but would love it no matter what it was called!